| Date of birth: | Nov 11, 1991 |
| Inmate name: | BRITTANY LYNN CLOSE |
| Account balance: | ($-23.00) |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: RICHEY, JONATHAN 0678 (AR13-4863) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 031513, AT APPROXIMATELY 0956 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON HIGHWAY 486 APPROACHING NORTH ESSEX AVENUE IN THE LEFT HAND LANE OF TRAVEL. I CAME UP BEHIND A SMALL BLACK FOUR DOOR SEDAN, AT WHICH TIME, I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEARING A FLORIDA TEMP LICENSE PLATE THAT DISPLAYED AN EXPIRATION STATE OF 030613. THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE TURN LANE TO TURN SOUTH ON NORTH ESSEX AVENUE. AS THE VEHICLE TURNED I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT TO ATTEMPT A TRAFFIC STOP. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED WITH MY LIGHTS AND SIREN ON AND STOPPED EAST BOSTON STREET WHICH IS ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM WHERE MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, AT WHICH TIME, I APPROACHED THE DRIVERâS SIDE WHERE I COULD SMELL A VERY STRONG ODOR OF UN-BURNT MARIJUANA. I THEN ASKED THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT MS BRITTANY CLOSE, FOR HER IDENTIFICATION. SHE PROVIDED HER FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AND A TEMPORARY REGISTRATION. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED HER I CONDUCTED THE TRAFFIC STOP DUE TO HER EXPIRED LICENSE PLATE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE IS WORKING WITH THE DEALER TO GET A NEW LICENSE PLATE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT SHE HAD A WHITE MALE PASSENGER LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR KENNETH BARTELS. I THEN CONTACTED DISPATCH FOR BACK UP AND RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE. I THEN COMPLETED WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 363223B FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION. WHILE DOING THIS DEPUTY ANSTEAD ARRIVED AND AFTER BRIEFING HER, WE ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO STEP OUT OF HER VEHICLE. AS THE DEFENDANT WAS APPROACHING US, DEPUTY ANSTEAD AND I COULD SMELL A VERY STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA EMITTING FROM HER PERSON. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED US THAT SHE AND MR BARTELS HAD PURCHASED SOME MARIJUANA AND SMOKED IT AT THE BEVERLY HILLS SKATE PARK. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED MR BARTELS TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND ASKED HIS PERMISSION TO SEARCH HIS PERSON AND HE STATED I COULD. I DID LOCATE A PACK OF ROLLING PAPERS IN HIS POCKET. I THEN CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WHERE I FOUND THE SMELL OF THE MARIJUANA APPEARED TO BE ISOLATED TO THE DRIVERâS SIDE AND WAS DISSIPATING BECAUSE I HAD THE DOORS OPEN. I THEN RETURNED TO THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS SPEAKING TO DEPUTY ANSTEAD. AT THAT TIME, I THEN SMELLED AGAIN A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA EMITTING FROM HER PERSON. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD NOT STOPPED IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, THE FACT THAT SHE COULD NOT MAINTAIN EYE CONTACT, AND STATED SHE RECENTLY SMOKED MARIJUANA, TRAFFIC UNIT DEPUTY HOWARD WAS ASKED TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE. ONCE APPROACHING THE DEFENDANT TO SPEAK WITH HER, DEPUTY HOWARD ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM HER. HE THEN CONDUCTED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS AND ADVISED ME THAT SHE APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND COULD NO LONGER DRIVE AT THIS TIME. AT THAT TIME, I AGAIN APPROACH THE DEFENDANT AND COULD STILL SMELL THE MARIJUANA. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD JUST SMOKED THE MARIJUANA THE SMELL SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DISSIPATED. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE HAD IT ON HER PERSON TO WHICH SHE NODDED AS AN INDICATION YES. DEPUTY ANSTEAD, BEING A FEMALE, THEN ALLOWED THE DEFENDANT TO UTILIZE THE REAR SEAT OF THE PATROL VEHICLE TO PULL THE MARIJUANA FROM HER VAGINAL AREA . THE DEFENDANT THEN RELINQUISHED IT TO DEPUTY ANSTEAD. THIS WAS ONLY DONE IN THE PRESENCE OF DEPUTY ANSTEAD AND THE DEFENDANT USING THE CONCEALMENT OF DEPUTY ANSTEADâS VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME DEPUTY ANSTEAD RELINQUISHED THE MARIJUANA TO ME WHICH WAS IN A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE AND WEIGHED 2.3 GRAMS BEFORE TESTING. THE MARIJUANA WAS THEN FIELD TESTED AND TESTED POSITIVE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION NUMBER 16768 WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 040413 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS. THAT MARIJUANA WAS THEN TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
| Arrest date: | Jan 31, 2016 |
| Arrest officer: | Altamonte Springs Police Department |
| Booking number: | 201600001089 |
| Booking location: | Seminole County, FL |
| Arrest number: | 5333 |
| Arrest date: | Apr 22, 2013 |
| Arrest type: | Warrant/Capias |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Arrest number: | 4863 |
| Arrest date: | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Arrest number: | 4684 |
| Arrest date: | Feb 28, 2013 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 812.015 |
| Charge description: | Retail Petit Theft |
| Description: | 1 |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(B) |
| Charge description: | Possession Cannabis (Less than 20 Grams) |
| Code: | 948.06 M |
| Charge description: | Violation of Probation or Community Control (Misdemeanor) |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
